New York City InDesign User Group

Tap into the inner workings of how styles can improve your workflow in this two-hour session with the man who, literally, wrote the book on styles — Michael Murphy, author of Adobe InDesign CS4 Styles: How to Create Better, Faster Text and Layouts and host of the popular video podcast, "The InDesigner." When it comes to efficiency and flexibility, there's no beating InDesign's powerful styles. But when faced with character styles, paragraph styles, nested styles, GREP styles, nested line styles, object styles, table styles and cell styles as options, it's time for some strategic thinking. Planning ahead, and having a "style strategy" at the start of any project pays off throughout the life of that project in time saved, headaches avoided, and changes taken in stride. Join Michael as he walks you through the many different types of styles in InDesign, and reveals countless tips and tricks for maximizing their potential. You'll find out: • Why it's often better to think like a web designer than a print designer when planning your project • Why it's more important to determine what the text in your document is than to decide how it looks • When defining as little as possible about a style is much more useful than defining everything • How to build "smart paragraphs" that format text dynamically using CS4's new GREP Styles • And much more… ========================= Agenda ========================= 6:00p Meet and Greet 6:30p Opening remarks 6:45p Michael Murphy, part 1 7:30p Break 7:45p Michael Murphy, part 2 8:30p Raffle 8:45p Meeting End And in other news... ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The InDesign Seminar Tour (Sept 8n NYC, and September 10, Philly) Photoshop Live! (November 2-3, Washington DC) The InDesign Conference (November 4-6, Washington DC) Special Discounts for NY-IDUG Members ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Members of the NY InDesign User Group are entitled to special discounts for these events. 10% off the InDesign Seminar Tour, $50 off Photoshop Live! and $100 off The InDesign Conference. The InDesign Seminar Tour http://www.mogo-media.com/seminars/the-indesign-seminar-series/2009/new-york-city/ For complete information on Photoshop Live!, go to: http://www.mogo-media.com/conferences/photoshop-live/2009/washington-dc/ For The InDesign Conference, go to: http://www.mogo-media.com/conferences/the-indesign-conference/2009/washington-dc/ Please go to the Member Area on this site to get the discount code (look for "the InDesign Seminar Tour"). ========================================= NEW -- Greater Baltimore InDesign User Group ========================================= The inaugural meeting of the Baltimore-Area InDesign User Group is on October 6 (in Laurel, MD). If you're close to Baltimore, you might want to join their group. Remember, you can belong to multiple groups, so you don't have to leave us to join them. And the dues are the same -- free! ========================================= Summer CS4 offer from Adobe for IDUG members ========================================= Through August 31st, you are entitled to a 15% discount on CS4 full-version product from the North America Adobe online store or $100 off individual upgrades to CS4 as well as $100 off each CS4 licensing product! To see the details and the simple steps required to get your discount, go to our chapter home page, look over at the top right-hand side of this page (make sure you are logged in!). =================================================== Special InDesign Magazine subscription offer to IDUG members =================================================== InDesign Magazine (http://www.indesignmag.com) would like to offer ALL IDUG members special discount pricing on a two-year subscription -- just $39! This is a $30 savings off our regular subscription rate. Use this code -- IDUG09 -- to get this special pricing. Just enter the promo code on the order page to have the discount applied. If you are a current subscriber, you can extend your current subscription for two years with this offer and pricing.